It is not so often that a major university like the MIT discovers a new kind of science. But in the fall, the university will launch a novel sort of program, an undergraduate major called Urban Science" via
@WIRED
Congrats to
@MIT_alumni
&
#dusp
alumni,
@LasernaBogota
(MCP '16), newly elected City Councilor for Bogota, Colombia! Laserna's campaign focused on connecting aspiring 'nerds' - individuals immersed in studying the issues of the city - to politics.
Its official ! New UG major in computer science + urban planning
@MITEECS
@MIT_CSAIL
and
@MITdusp
joins
#STEM
education & research
#AI
#MachineLearning
+ a humanistic, social innovation & policy making — new ground for research, education, and practice.
“We need to adapt urban design to the kinds of cities and societies that we have. Perfection is not really achievable,” DUSP's Brent Ryan comments on new book, The Largest Art
Hold the date: 10/18/21, 3PM ET
Join
#dusp
's
@robskyhuntley
with
@erin_mc_elroy
&
@mryshi
for 'Counterpoints: Anti-Eviction Mapping Project,' a
#dataviz
collective documenting dispossession & crafting tools for resistance. Register:
Please join us in congratulating
#dusp
's Bish Sanyal, named
@The_ACSP
's 2021 Distinguished Educator!! The award, initiated in 1983, is presented in appreciation of significant contributions to the field of planning. At the virtual ceremony presenters noted:
Can more data lead to more equitable, just, fair, and happy cities? DUSP's Professor
@CeasarMcdowell
joins us for this week's episode of the Planning Ideas that Matter podcast, listen online here -
#planningideasthatmatter
A new paper quantifies the social costs of a 15-minute city & outlines pathways for promoting a shift towards more local trips.
Read the full paper & learn more about the authors ongoing research-
Why do we need both planners and data scientists to produce to more just, joyful, beautiful, and healthy cities? DUSP's Carlo Ratti joins us for the final episode of this season of the
#PITM
podcast. Listen -
@crassociati
@SenseableCity
@mitsap
"[my students] apply their minds, hearts, & hands to create unique micro- & nano-scale, mechanically adaptive electromechanical systems for human health monitoring—their scientific 'honey'"- Canan Dagdeviren, head of
@medialab
's Conformable Decoders. More
How can
#ClimateAction
incorporate knowledge from marginalized communities, grassroots activists, & social movements to
#design
just urban futures?
#dusp
alumna Kian Goh (
@UCLALuskin
, PhD '15) explores in her new book, 'Form and Flow' (
@mitpress
). More-
Why do we trust
#maps
? Have maps been abused by those in power?
#dusp
alumna Lauren Kennedy (MCP ’18) explores via the context of
@bplmaps
's online exhibition 'Bending Lines' in
@techreview
. More-
Visit the exhibition-
With profound sadness we share the new of the passing of Tunney Lee, a
@MIT
Professor Emeritus & a former head of DUSP. Lee was a towering figure at MIT, whose work continues to resonate across the MIT & Greater Boston communities.
Great events at
#dusp
this week! Tomorrow (9.26) at 5pm ET,
@MITCRE
& DUSP host a panel on gender, safety, & mobility with Inés Sánchez de Madariaga (Unesco Chair on gender) & Vania Cecatto (professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology).
More:
How are the impacts of air pollution distributed across & impact residents of a city's neighborhoods? In a
#dusp
's
@mariadcastilloc
explores using Washington DC as a case study. More -
Learn about the new MIT Morningside Academy for Design, an interdisciplinary center which will build on the
@MIT
's leadership in design-focused education as a global hub for
#design
research, thinking, &
#entrepreneurship
via
@techreview
& Peter Dizikes-
What can
#urbanplanning
learn from
#Indigenous
approaches to futuring & how can we support the envisioning & enactment of
#just
Indigenous futures? The new volume of Projections (
@mitpress
) will explore + more. More information-
How can we look beyond averages and unlock the potential of big data to aid marginalized individuals? Listen to DUSP's Gabriella Carolini's episode of the Planning Ideas that Matter podcast, here - or on iTunes here -
Curious about the current state, history, & future of psychogeography (the playful & creative exploration of urban environments)? Then good news,
#dusp
's
@UrbanFilmOrg
's 11.S942 'Wanderings in Psychogeography,' is now available via
@MITOCW
! More-
This is not a painting or a sculpture. It is a mangled pile of bicycles covering an area roughly the size of a football pitch; cast-offs from the boom and bust of China’s bike sharing industry.
“The ability of a city to survive and thrive in the face of disaster is as much about its social fabric and social footprint as it is about its infrastructure and its technical treatment of the big risks” — Michael Berkowitz
In this semester's Urban Design Skills, students created mixed-use, transit-oriented development proposals for an 8-1/2 acre site near the proposed Union Square T station in Somerville, incorporating open space, storm water management, housing, and commercial uses.
Please join us in congratulating Hashim Sarkis, Dean of
@mitsap
, who has been named curator of the 2020 Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition! The
@la_Biennale
is a global showcase for architectural work. More via
@MIT
News- IC:
@sham_sthankiya
These infographics about the Evolution of Urban Planning by
@VisualCap
illustrates DUSP's Kevin Lynch, who in 1960 revolutionized city design with his Psychogeography method: A bottom-up model that focused on citizen experience and input
A new frontier for urban planning & computer science ! Approved unanimously at yesterday's
@MIT
Faculty meeting & starting this Fall !!
@MITdusp
&
@MITEECS
new undergraduate major (11-6) SB in Urban Science + Planning with Computer Science.
#Computing
#cities
#policy
#data
'Those who are suffering most immediately are the ones whose emissions are nearly zero... Those of us who thought this was something that the future produces, the future is now. And it’s ugly,' said
#dusp
alum Adil Najam (SM ’96, PhD ’01) about the current flooding in Pakistan
Please join us in celebrating the life, achievements, impact, & legacy of Mel King, a professor emeritus, renowned activist, community leader, & politician, who passed away on March 28, 2023 at the age of 94.
Land-grant universities, including
@MIT
, were built on & with Indigenous land - nearly 11 million acres of Indigenous land from approximately 250 tribes, bands & communities.
Anne Spirn's new “This Garden Is a Town” exhibit documents a 30 year span of 8 community gardens of different types, sizes, and political structure.
It will be on view Feb 14 – Mar 3, 2018, Mon – Sat, 9 AM – 6 PM in the Keller Gallery, Room 7-408.
How does an individuals method of urban
#mobility
impact their experience of a city & their perceptions of urban congestion? 'Moving in Nairobi,' a
@CivicDataDesign
exhibition led by
#dusp
's
@datasew
, explores. Learn more-
IC:
#dusp
's Sarah Rege
'Density is a real friend for commerce, though mostly people think about density in a negative way — having to share space & amenities with more people,' says
#dusp
's
@andres_sevtsuk
in a
@MIT
News piece. 'But density sustains amenities.' More-
Please join us in congratulating Professor J. Phillip Thompson, who has been appointed as Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives for New York City.
A team of
#dusp
researchers led by
@andres_sevtsuk
have built the first open-source tool to help urban planners map & analyze pedestrian networks.
More via Peter Dizikes'
@MIT
News coverage-
#HousingAsHistory
, a four-part series, will look at the history of six housing sites across Boston & examine the conditions for affordable & public housing today, highlighting the challenges— & opportunities—that lie ahead. More-
'To introduce Larry Susskind as an
@The_ACSP
distinguished educator, I will put aside his staggering CV,’ writes John Forester (
@CornellAAP
). ‘His students have characterized him as “tireless,” “generous,” “a force of nature,” “inspiring,” “empowering,” ... and more.’
In her forthcoming book, 'Counting Feminicide,' (
@mitpress
)
#dusp
's
@kanarinka
explores the potential & limits of
#counterdata
science in the context of data feminism,
#feminicide
& gender-related killing. More-
IC: Colectiva SJF & Santiago Arau
In the latest issue of
@MIT_Spectrum
, Ken Schulman examines how MIT faculty and students responded to the devastating 2017 hurricane season that left many Caribbean islands without critical urban infrastructure. More -
'What explains the divergence in urban growth in the last 20, 30 years is really the housing market,' said
#dusp
's Albert Saiz in
@zachwlevitt
&
@jessicaeng17
's
@washingtonpost
article on new patterns in American urban development. More-
What if urban infrastructure was flexible, modular, and adaptable? In a new article,
@WIRED
's Aarian Marshall explores
@sidewalklabs
+
@crassociati
's vision of future streets. More -
How does the original plan & design of a neighborhood impact its eventual form? In a new paper,
#dusp
's
@pinkertonsplash
explores the extent & nature of how plans influence the structure of neighborhoods they seek to envision. More-